Kaare Fostervoll

Kaare Fostervoll (3 December 1891 – 6 July 1981) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. From 1949 to 1962 he was the director-general of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).

Early career He was born in Kristiansund as a son of school manager Kristen Fostervoll (1856–1920) and Anna Karoline Kvande (1863–1941). He took the examen artium in 1910, graduated from Volda Teacher's College in 1912, and worked as a teacher at various schools from 1912 to 1927. In 1927 he got the cand.philol. degree, and in the same year he became principal of Firda Upper Secondary School, a position he held until 1938 when he got the same position in Ålesund. At Firda he was Norway's youngest principal. He was a co-founder of the European Broadcasting Union, and represented Norway in the organization. He was also a board member of Foreningen Norden from 1949 to 1962 and of the Nansen Foundation from 1930 to 1962. Kaare Fostervoll died in July 1981 in Oslo.